Looking at the soft skin of yesterday's light fall upon you Rising up off the pillowy haze that we gaze through It's the song that I sing because I have to I make a choice to raise my voice but you're hard to refuse I wouldn't do that to you I wouldn't do that to you I couldn't drag it out You couldn't settle me down I wouldn't do that to you Peel off the yellowing pages of memories in black and white When love was just a sweet idea we could lie beside And it's a price that we pay because we want to But it's worse to see the hurt when she's so much to lose I wouldn't do that to you I wouldn't do that to you I couldn't drag it out You couldn't settle me down I wouldn't do that to you (To you, to you) Trying on the tough skin of Saturday night falls around you I'm thinking of the billowing blaze that surrounded you Now it's the song that you sing because you have to, not 'cause you want to And it's the hardest thing to choose when there's so much to lose I wouldn't do that to you I wouldn't do that to you (no) I couldn't drag it out You couldn't settle me down I wouldn't do that to you